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  • Starling 2 payload

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    Hey @alex-kushleyev, good to know it holds up like that under load, and thanks again for the reply. Two things I'm trying to pin down on the Mini: Power. Can a USB port on the VOXL Mini actually supply around 2-2.5 W, and can it do that on one port while a small USB camera runs on the other? Or should I plan to power those externally? Extra camera slot. From the D0013-V2 CAD the imager board looks like 5 DF56 coax connectors with 4 used (EO + dual AR0144 + Boson+), and the Lepton is on the M0187 SPI adapter so it's off the CSI bus. Is that spare coax connector wired to a usable CSI lane, and would voxl-camera-server take a 5th sensor (an M0161) there without a custom config? Thanks, Eyal
  • Starling 2 Max payload with Livox MID-360 + gimbal-camera for indoor 3D

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  • NEED HELP WITH HARDWARE SELECTION

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    @mkeyno You need to work with the PX4 community on this project, not ModalAI.
  • I have a few questions before making a purchase.

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    Hi @Alex-Kushleyev , @QSL 170-250mm is quite long. I'm not optimistic 250mm can even work, 170 would be risky. We can offer our design services, but typically what that results in is a MOQ of a specific new item, such as 300-500pcs depending on the complexity (at normal MRSP which for flexes runs ~$50-80 each) and lead times would be ~14-18 weeks. What we would need is a .dxf outline of your intended design and we can review that for feasibility and interest. If it really is 250mm, I'd prefer to no-bid it. 200mm might be the edge here (we do not have sophisticated Sigrity tools to confirm, so going on experience here). M0170 is not ideally suited for back-to-back (the connectors are a bit offset from each other so the net result would be weird) but it may prove if 140mm can work + ~10 mm for the connector transition losses. In situations like this, I encourage the ME/Industrial Design Team to reconsider placement of sensors and main electronics relative to each other. There are just some constraints the electronics cannot meet easily. Sometimes just simply re-prioritizing the system constraints helps solve the spatial/distance problems. To extend past ~180+mm, I would encourage you use an external design firm that knows how to do mipi repeaters and high speed design. We've had one customer successfully do that, but it takes some skill and we could do it ourselves, but we just do not have the design cycles to support it this calendar year. Hope this helps and let us know what your thoughts are, and if pursuing us for a custom design is an option, we can reach out over email.
  • Questions on Sensor and Hardware Choices

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    @QSL Hi, thank you for reaching out. There are many ways to achieve what you are trying. Starling 2 is the best starting point. You can then learn about what will work and what will not work and build out your system design from there.
  • I want to survey a drone with 5G enable and have some questions

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    @Vivian said in I want to survey a drone with 5G enable and have some questions: XL2 use the same structure and OS? and from your Hi Vivian, Sorry for the slow reply. VOXL 2 uses the same chipset, operating system and SDK (VOXL SDK) as the Qualcomm Flight RB5. The VOXL 2 is a smaller and lighter footprint than the core components of the RB5 Flight, but it does not have built-in WiFi. Please check out https://docs.modalai.com/voxl2-d0006/ as a reference for an architecture with VOXL 2. Check out the developer bootcamp for details on how to get started